Predictive factors for potentially preventable ED visits of patients with cancer
| Predictors | OR | 95% CI | Significance (p value) |
| Factors increasing the odds of preventability | |||
| Diagnosis is injury | 1.46 | 1.04 to 2.04 | 0.028 |
| Diagnosis is pain | 1.47 | 1.03 to 2.10 | 0.035 |
| Chief complaint is pain (except extremity, abdominal pain) | 1.67 | 1.20 to 2.32 | 0.002 |
| Chief complaint is extremity pain | 1.73 | 1.24 to 2.40 | 0.001 |
| Factors decreasing the odds of preventability | |||
| Chief complaint is dyspnoea | 0.38 | 0.22 to 0.64 | <0.001 |
| BSC/palliative treatment | 0.43 | 0.19 to 0.96 | 0.040 |
| Diagnosis is gastrointestinal illness | 0.55 | 0.34 to 0.87 | 0.012 |
| Diagnosis is cardiovascular illness | 0.61 | 0.38 to 0.99 | 0.044 |
| Off-clinic hours/holidays | 0.80 | 0.64 to 1.00 | 0.046 |
ED, emergency department.